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APPARATUS PoR DRESSING WINDOWS.

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Be it known that LFRED CoNHAIM,a' citi-v zen of the United States, residing at St. l,Louis,`-1l\{[issouri, have invented. a certainnew and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Dressing Windows; of which the 'followingisa full, clear, and exact description, such 'as will enable others skilled in the art to which V, it appertains to make and use the same, .ref-

wh1 Figure 1 is a fragmentary ,perspective view ofa portion o'ffal 'building arranged for erence being-hadto theacc'ompanyingI drawings, formingl part of `this specification, in

use Withrny invention, parts being broken away to show the interior constructlon thereof.

j Wlndow of afstore or other like premises. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through thehoisting apparatus, .the rear wall ofthe building being shown in elevation. VFig. 4 is aperspective `view of'a canopy employed in connection with the invention, and Fig. 5 is a perspec-l tive view of a removable background.

means of arranging window-displays andvfor changing them as applied to stores or similar Y premises.

One of the objections nowgenerally raised to frequent'dressing of windows is that in order to 'arrange or rearran e the display the windowv must be shielde from inspection from the exterior .by screens, shields, or simie lar devices and during the time occupied inv dressing the window the proprietor of the store or premises in which it is located must lose the particular space occupied by the win'- dow for 'advertisingpurposes l' f shutting off thewindow from the view of the k50.

public. f y p Other objects and advantages as ywellas the novel details ofconstruction of my inveni tion will be more fully describedl hereinafter,

' f it being understood that changesin the form,

proportion, and, minorv details ofconstrue- 'tion maybe resorted" towithout departing Specification of Letters Patent.

2 isa sectional view througha portion ofxt e basement or cellar and the- APPARATUSFQR vDRESSING.KwlNDows n 'ratentea March 20,1906.

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l, from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing.

any of the advantages thereof.

' The reference-numeral 1 designates. the floor "of thebasement orcellar beneath the 'building in which my invention is utilized. The rails of the track 2 are preferably sunk in the floor, so that-the top 'edges will bey apreceive one or more trucks 3, speciiicallyillustrated in Figf. The ltruck is provided with a hoisting apparatus comprisingv .a plurality of hoisting-cylinders 4, preferably a 'set at `each end. IA compressed -air or hydraulic,- pump 5 is carried by the truck for introducing a hoisting iiuid into the cylinders to raise the platform 6 to 'the bottom ofthe window to be decorated. A transfer-'truck 7 is adapted to loefsupported on the rails 8 and 9.on the top -of the hoising-truck, which transfertruck 7 may temporarily constitute the floor ofthe window.r Arranged at suitable points below the window'are platforms 10, having rails 11 at right angles vto the rails vof the track 2 to receive the transfer-trucks while they are being dressed. This invention relates to *an improved .In actual ractice it is contemplated to .generally utilize the space in the cellar or basement immediately which space in Fig. 1 is erence numeral 12.U generally bearranged in this portion 12, and each will be of suchheight as to most conveniently'support the transfertrucks constituting the temporary floors of the windows.` The platforms 10 are spaced apart so as to form aisles 18, so that the operator providing the display may `have access to the display from all sides. Supported` on tracks or guideways`14,'secu1ed tothe ceilin vof the cellar, is arranged one or more. co lapsible canopies, which may be raised or permitted to fall by manipulating the cords 1 6, connected to the respective corners of thecanopy and passing overl pulleys-in the hangers 17.

e canopy or canopiesv may be moved along the track so as yto register with the display,

below the sidewalk, designated by the refobvious manner the display'may be entirely enveloped s'o as to protect the same. from dust,'dirt, and'other foreignsubstances. The

advantage of providing the canopy will be apparent when it is considered that it becomes desirable to remove a certain-display eriodwhile anotheris being for an indefinite p substituted therefor. For example, suppose The platforms 10will ypr'oXim/ately level therewith, and thesetracks n vand by properly manipulating the cords in an TIO the windowcontained a display of 'dress goods or the like and the exhibitor desired to temporarily have an umbrella-display in this space. The dress-goods display might be easily removed and transferred to one of the stationary platforms 10. The canopy would then be caused to envelop it to prevent it from becoming soiled until the umbrella-display was removed from the window, when the dress-goods display might be again introduced into the window. When it is considered that some of the more elaborate displays require the expenditure of considerable time, it will be apparent that the utilization of this canopy is an important feature of the invention.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a removable background, (designated by the numeral 18,) which background is provided with a back and sides which may contain a mirror, landscape, or suitably-decorated panels adapted to be quickly inserted into or removed from the window as occasion may demand.

By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be observed'that the window is supported by the usual lower rail 19 at the front portion thereof, the rear portion being supported by joists 20 and 21, said last-mentioned joists supporting a floor 22 of a passage or alley way 23, formed between the back of the window 24 and a rear wall 25. The rear windowpanel is provided with a plurality of curved openings or recesses 26, while the lower rail 19 is provided with recesses 27V These recesses 26 and 27 are to receive the transversely-arranged floor-supporting beams 28, which support the removable floors of the windows, as will be presently explained. Arranged at suitable points on the truck 3 is a spring-pressed bolt 29, adapted to be raised by a cam-'lever 30. This bolt is designed to be arranged in one of a plurality of recesses 31 in the floor adjacent the rails 2, so that the operator in moving the truck along the track may cause the bolt 29 to spring into the desired recess, and thereby center the truck with respect to the particular window in Which the display is to be located. Aspringpressed bolt 32 is carried by the platform 6 of eachtruck and is adapted to spring into an inverted-V-shaped recess 33 in the bottom of the transfer-truck 7. The engagement of this bolt 32 with the recess 33 will insure the proper centering of the transfer-truck on the hoisting-truck platform, so that all that is necessary is to actuate the pump so that the hoisting-truck will be operated and the transfer-truck will be moved into the space to be occupied by the transfer-truck as a iioor. After the transfer-truck has been moved into proper position the transverse floor-supporting beams 28 are inserted into the openings 26 and 27, and the hoisting-truck may then be removed. In the event that it becomes necessary to remove the display the hoistingtruck may be again brought under the transfer-truck or temporary iioor, as it maybe called, and after removing the transverse supports 28 the whole display in that particular window may be lowered therefrom and another substituted.

-In actual practice it has been found that considerable annoyance to persons in the store results from the dressing of windows, and in order to avoid this annoyance the passage-way 23 is provided, to which access may be had through a single door at the end thereof, so that the wiiidow-dresser may have access to any of the windows from this single passage-Way without disturbing any person in the store.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a building having a plurality of show-windows and a basement below the show-Windows, removable floors for the windows, a hoisting-truck, tracks for the hoisting-truck, and means adjacent the tracks for interlocking engagement with a part of the truck when the truck is immediately below any one of the several windows substantially as described.

2. The combination with a show-window, of a removable floor for said window, a truck having a vertically movable platform to move the removable floor into and out of engagement with the window, and transverse beams having means for engagement with recesses in the lower portion of said window to hold the iioor in place; substantially as described.

3. The combination with a sliow-window, of a removable fioor therefor, areceiving-platform out of line with and below the Window, a track below the window, and a truck movable over the track and having transverse guides to aline with the receiving-platform, said guides having vertical movement for removing the floor from the window to the platform; substantially as described.

4. The combination with a show-window, of a removable floor therefor, a receivingplatform below the window, a track below the window, and a truck on the track, said truck having transverse guides for lowering the iioor from the window whereby it may be transferred to the platform, and means for hoisting the floor into operative position with the window; substantially as described.

5. The combination with a show-window, of a removable iioor therefor, a track beneath the floor, a truck movable on the track, means for temporarily holding the truck in rigid alineinent with the iiooi, and a hoisting apparatus carried by the truck; substantially as described.

6. A building including a series of windows, parallel walls in rear of the window forming a passage-way, separately-arranged removable ioors for the windows, means for IIO ISO

as described.

fmeansv for 'temporari y `holding the truck',

rigid beneath any one of the lloors, a .track 5 over Which the truck may move, and meansl for retaining the floors in proper positions With relation to the Windows;- substantially 7. The combination With aV building hav- Io ing a *plurality` of show-Windows and a basement therebeneath, removable floors forsaid Windows,`a truck having a vertically-mov-- able platform for coperation With the floors to move them into and out of position, trans- [5 verse tracks on saidvertically-movable platform, a truck-supportingv track over which the truck may move to aline With anyvof the rwindoWs, platforms arranged beside ,the truck-supporting track, and rails on the last? zo mentioned platform to aline With those on the vertically-movable tiallyas described.

8. The combination With a building havplatform; substaning a show-Window, of a removable floor for l the Window, la truck having' avertically-movable platform to temporarily receive the re movable floor, a track over Which lthe truck may move, means for'temporarily holding the truck in rigid alinement With the removable floor, and a platform adjacent to the vtruck to temporarily receive th'e'removable floor from the truck-platform; substantially,

as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aHiX my signature, in the presence of tWo Witnesses, this 13th day of March, 1905.

FRED CONHAIM. Witnesses: l Y B. F. FUNK,

Gnonen 'BAKEWELL 

